• Gamefly says hello to PC gaming

    It seems that Steam will be getting another competitor in the PC game market. Game rental giant Gamefly opened up beta testing to its online service yesterday. The service is limited at the moment in terms of selection but should have more by release date. This just in: We do not have a release date…

  • Zynga & Google Plus team up; CityVille comes to Google+

    Google and Zynga announced that it is adding CityVille+ to the new game platform. CityVille which allows gamers to construct and build a thriving metropolis, is Zynga’s largest game on Facebook. Zynga who is already bigger than EA, says in its announcement of CityVille+, Ultimately, we want to make our games accessible to everyone, everywhere…

  • Now recognized as art, Games get some Endowment Love By the Feds.

    The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), a federal agency supporting artists and art organizations across the U.S., recently expanded eligibility for grant money to media produced for the Internet, interactive/mobile technologies, and digital games. “We will continue to support television and radio,” explains Alice Myatt, director of media arts at the NEA, “but we…